Blackout
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Blackout is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that follows time-traveling historians from the future who become stranded in World War II–era England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blackout canonical | 3 |
| Blackout/All Clear | 2 |
| Blackout/All Clear duology | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6202287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackout Context triple: [Connie Willis, notableWork, Blackout]
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A.
Blackout
Blackout is a 2001 studio album by American rapper DMX that showcases his aggressive delivery and gritty, street-centered lyricism.
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B.
Blackout
"Blackout" is a critically acclaimed 2007 pop and dance album by Britney Spears, often praised for its innovative production and influence on modern pop music.
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C.
The Blackout
"The Blackout" is a rock song by U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its heavy bass-driven sound and politically charged lyrics.
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D.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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E.
Fade to Black
"Fade to Black" is a seminal 1984 Metallica power ballad that blends acoustic passages with heavy riffs and explores themes of depression and suicidal despair.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackout Target entity description: Blackout is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that follows time-traveling historians from the future who become stranded in World War II–era England.
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A.
Blackout
Blackout is a 2001 studio album by American rapper DMX that showcases his aggressive delivery and gritty, street-centered lyricism.
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B.
Blackout
"Blackout" is a critically acclaimed 2007 pop and dance album by Britney Spears, often praised for its innovative production and influence on modern pop music.
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C.
The Blackout
"The Blackout" is a rock song by U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its heavy bass-driven sound and politically charged lyrics.
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D.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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E.
Fade to Black
"Fade to Black" is a seminal 1984 Metallica power ballad that blends acoustic passages with heavy riffs and explores themes of depression and suicidal despair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Connie Willis ⓘ |
| award |
Hugo Award for Best Novel (shared with All Clear)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel nomination ⓘ
linked to:
Nebula Award for Best Novel
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Cliff Nielsen ⓘ |
| depicts |
civilian life during the Blitz
ⓘ
evacuation of children from London ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
historical research
ⓘ
time travel ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | The Blitz ⓘ |
| followedBy | All Clear ⓘ |
| follows | time-traveling historians ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Merope Ward
ⓘ
Michael Davies ⓘ Polly Churchill ⓘ |
| hasSequel | All Clear ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
World War II in popular culture
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II popular culture
ethics of historical interference ⓘ heroism of ordinary people ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-553-80719-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 512 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Blackout/All Clear duology
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackout
|
| partOfSeries | Oxford Time Travel series ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Spectra ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Bantam Spectra ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
1940
ⓘ
1941 ⓘ |
| setting |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Oxford ⓘ World War II–era England ⓘ |
| timeTravelOrigin | Oxford University in the mid-21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Blackout Description of subject: Blackout is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that follows time-traveling historians from the future who become stranded in World War II–era England.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Blackout
linked to: Blackout